PSGB Postgraduate CoursesUseful sites for finding advertised PhD positions:
University departments involved in primate researchThe following university departments offer taught or research based
postgraduate courses involving primatology. Click on the links to
identify the specific research interests of each department and
potential PhD supervisors. Contact details for course administrators
are given for taught Masters programmes but it is advisable to contact
potential supervisors directly with enquiries regarding PhD research.
This is by no means a comprehensive list but the link below provides
details of all UK universities.
School of Social Sciences and Law The MSc in Primate Conservation at Oxford Brookes
has recently been awarded the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Award
for the high-quality professional and scientific training it provides
students for a life-long career in conservation. This increasingly
popular course is ideal for highly motivated individuals wanting
to work in the field of primate conservation as training is given
in all relevant areas, including primate biogeography, human-wildlife
conflict, genetics, captive management, environmental education
and research methods. The department is also home to the Nocturnal
Primate Research Group (http://www.nprg.org/home.html).
PhD positions are available. School of Human and Life Sciences Roehampton now offer two masters programmes in primatology. The
MRes Primatology degree focuses on primate biology and the new MSc
in Primate Biology and Conservation applies primate biology research
to conservation issues. A Centre for Research in Evolutionary Anthropology
(CREA) was founded in 2002, with research being carried out in a
range of primatology fields. This department also has links with
Gashaka Gumti National Park in Nigeria, where is focuses primarily
on baboon research. The School of Psychology Members of this department co-founded the Scottish Primate Research
Group (http://psy.st-andrews.ac.uk/research/sprg/index.htm)
in 1987. The department has a specialist team researching the origins
of cognition and has links with Edinburgh Zoo and the Budongo Forest
Project in Uganda. Research training can lead to a Masters of Research
(M.Res) or a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Evolutionary Anatomy Unit Research areas include growth, development and evolution of the
primate cranium. Department of Anthropology MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development / MSc Human Evolution
and Behaviour / MRes Anthropology - optional module in Primate Socioecology
taught by Professor Volker Sommer. The department offers research
opportunities at the Gashaka Primate Project in Nigeria, one of
the largest long-term primate research and conservation projects
in West Africa (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/gashaka/home/).
A key research area is primate ecology and behaviour and PhD positions
are available in this field. Department of Psychology and Life Sciences MPhil and PhD degree programmes with the option of researching
a primate behavioural topic. Department of Biological Anthropology MPhil in Biological Anthropology / MPhil in Biological Anthropological Science - Masters and PhD research topics can fit within the following research groups: Primate Biology & Behaviour and Primate Immunologenetics & Molecular Ecology. School of the Biological Sciences Department of Zoology This department also offers MPhil and PhD degrees and there are
specialists in the department that focus on evolutionary genetics.
Institute of Biological Anthropology School of Biological Sciences This department has a Behavioural Ecology and Evolutionary Psychology
Research Group which focuses on the behavioural ecology of non-human
primates. PhD programmes are offered, along with the following taught
masters course - MSc Evolutionary Psychology Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology This department has a Primate Evolution and Morphology Group (http://www.liv.ac.uk/premog/) with the main area of research being concerned with the adaptation and evolution of the locomotor systems of primates and hominids. School of Conservation Sciences This school offers various
taught masters programs and MPhil/PhD opportunities in biological
anthropology, archaeology, ecology, and forensic sciences. There
are MPhil/PhD opportunities in Primate Behavioural Ecology with
Dr
Amanda H. Korstjens. Department of Psychology The Centre for the Study of Emotion (http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/psychology/research/studyofemotion/) has research interests in primate non-verbal communication, gaze processing and comparative developmental psychology. Department of Anthropology MSc Biological Anthropology - a programme in biological anthropology
covering the major subject areas of evolutionary theory and the
study of adaptation; primatology and human evolution; human variation
and genetics; human ecology and health. PhDs and MPhil degrees are
offered in The Evolutionary Anthropology Research Group (http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/research/earg/).
See staff details for a list of the primate researchers and their
interests. The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies MSc/Diploma Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare (http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/animalbehaviour/index.html). School of Biological and Environmental Sciences The Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Research Cluster has
researchers involved in great ape conservation. PhD positions are
available. Department of Psychology MSc/Diploma in Evolution and Behaviour (http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/postgrad/MSCEvolution&Beahviour.php) Department of Biology and Environmental Science Dr David Hill looks at the Ecology and Conservation of forest mammals
and their habitat, including the social behaviour, feeding behaviour
and conservation of Japanese macaques; effects of seed dispersal
by monkeys; crop raiding and other sources of conflict between people
and wildlife. See his home page at http://www.biols.susx.ac.uk/home/David_Hill/.
Department of Psychology Dr. David Leavens has research interests in primate non-verbal
behaviour and the evolutionary psychology. Department of Life Sciences This department has an Animal Behaviour Research Unit (ABRU) based
in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania (http://web.apu.ac.uk/appsci/lifesci/abru/).
One of the main activities of the ABRU is the long-term observation
of yellow baboon behaviour and ecology. Department of Anthropology The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology at the University
of Kent offers a number of conservation related masters programmes,
including an MSc in Conservation Biology and an MSc in International
Wildlife Trade and Conservation. Following examined modules students
undertake a 6 month dissertation which can (and frequently has)
focused upon primate conservation (see the list of previous research
projects using the following link - http://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology/dice/postgrad/conbio_diss.html). School of Biological Sciences MSc Wildlife Management and Conservation - Some modules are relevant
to primatology and the research project can cover an aspect of primate
conservation. Zoological Society of London (ZSL) - Institute of Zoology This is the research arm of the Zoological Society of London, which
is run in partnership with the University of Cambridge. The Institute
offers research training though PhD studentships. The research conducted
here covers many fundamental aspects of the biological sciences
which have relevance to the conservation of animal species and their
habitats. Two masters programmes ran in association with the Royal
Veterinary College are also available.
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